D.COMMUNITY-AND-PUBLIC-HEALTH-NURSING

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community

  • Broadly defined, a _________is a collection of people who interact with one another and whose common interest or characteristics gives them a sense of unity and belonging

  • is a group of people in defined geographical area with common goal and objective and the potential for interacting with one another (Dryer’s den)

  • is often defined by its geographic boundaries and thus called a geographic community.

  • Example: a city, town or neighborhood is a geographic community

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  1. location

  2. population

  3. social system

what are the three features of community?

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Location

every physical community carries out its daily existence in a specific geographical location. The health of the community is affected by this _______, including the placement of the service, the geographical features…

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Population

consists of specialized aggregates, but all of the diversed people who live with in the boundary of the community

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Social system

the various parts of communities’____________ that interact and include the heath system, family system, economic system and educational system

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Public Health Nursing

Implementing the plan means the nurse ensures the resources are available to all who need them within the community.

Evaluate the health status of the whole community and whether planned goals and objectives were met

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Community Health Nursing

  • -Implementation is based on individual needs. For example, a new diabetic who is a kinesthetic learner would be taught how to give insulin injections by practicing with an orange.

  • Evaluate whether health needs were met on the individual, family or group level

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Nursing

Both profession & a vocation. Assisting sick individuals to become healthy and healthy individuals achieve optimum wellness

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To raise the level of the citizenry by helping communities and families to cope with the discontinuities in and threats to health in such a way as to maximize their potential for high-level wellness” ( Nisce, et al)

What is the goal of community health nurse?